sterile

英 [ˈsteraɪl]

美 [ˈsterəl]

adj.  不能生育的; 不育的; 无菌的; 消过毒的; 无结果的; 没有实际价值的

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Collins.1 / BNC.9882 / COCA.9354

牛津词典

adj.

• 不能生育的；不育的
  not able to produce children or young animals
• 无菌的；消过毒的
  completely clean and free from bacteria
  1. sterile bandages
     消毒绷带
  2. sterile water
     消毒过的水
• 无结果的；没有实际价值的
  not producing any useful result
  1. a sterile debate
     没有结果的辩论
• 刻板的；无个性的；缺乏新意的
  lacking individual personality, imagination or new ideas
  1. The room felt cold and sterile.
     那房间让人觉得阴冷而没有生气。
  2. He felt creatively and emotionally sterile.
     他感觉自己既缺乏创造力又没有充沛的感情。
• 贫瘠的
  not good enough to produce crops

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 消过毒的;无菌的
  Something that issterileis completely clean and free from germs.
  1. He always made sure that any cuts were protected by sterile dressings...
     他总是坚持要用无菌纱布包扎伤口。
  2. Urine is sterile.
     尿液是无菌的。
• ADJ 无生殖能力的;不育的
  A person or animal that issterileis unable to have or produce babies.
  1. George was sterile.
     乔治没有生育能力。
  2. ...a sterile male.
     没有生育能力的男子
• ADJ-GRADED 无生气的;缺乏新意的
  Asterilesituation is lacking in energy and new ideas.
  1. Too much time has been wasted in sterile debate.
     在毫无新意的辩论上已经浪费了太多时间。

英英释义

adj

• deficient in originality or creativity
  1. a sterile ideology lacking in originality
  2. unimaginative development of a musical theme
  3. uninspired writing
  Synonym:unimaginativeuninspireduninventive
• incapable of reproducing
  1. an infertile couple
  Synonym:unfertileinfertile
• free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
  1. a sterile operating area
  2. aseptic surgical instruments
  3. aseptic surgical techniques
  Synonym:aseptic

双语例句

• The stem segments of the sterile seedlings were used as the explants to study the rapid propagation in vitro.
  用何首乌种子经表面消毒后进行无菌发芽并建立了无菌材料，以无菌实生苗茎段作外植体进行离体快繁研究。
• These forms are highly sterile, as would be expected of triploids and of autotetraploids derived from basic deploids.
  这些类型都是高度不育的，正如由基本的二倍体衍生三倍体和同源四倍体一样。
• Urine is sterile.
  尿液是无菌的。
• The influence of different male sterile cytoplasms upon sorghum main agronomic traits was studied by using incomplete diallel cross.
  采用不完全双列杂交的方法，研究了不同雄性不育细胞质对高粱主要农艺性状的影响。
• However, this is an opportunity for sterile woman on condition that surrogate and sterile couples reached an agreement.
  然而，只要代理孕母和不孕夫妻能达成共识，这将是不孕妇女的一个机会。
• Use clean or sterile technique for catheterization.
  在导尿术中运用清洁或无菌技术。
• Preliminary Identification and Analysis of Two New Male Sterile Maize Materials
  两个新选玉米雄性不育材料的初步鉴定和分析
• George was sterile.
  乔治没有生育能力。
• Too much time has been wasted in sterile debate.
  在毫无新意的辩论上已经浪费了太多时间。
• Studies and practices have been conducted on breeding procedure for hybridization with Taigu nuclear sterile wheat, development of wheat population with purpose characters, and so on.
  对太谷核不育小麦的杂交选育程序和小麦目标性状群体的建立等方面进行了研究和实践，选出了一套较为简便实用的杂交利用方案。